Bonaparte Defends Republican Ticket in Elkton Speech
Secretary of the Navy Bonaparte spoke at Elkton Maryland urging support for Republican congressional and local candidates. He attacked Democratic claims that a Democratic House would endorse the President and his policies, insisting such a victory would mislead voters and insult the people.
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Roosevelt
Brecia
Washington Post
Elkton
Bonaparte
Bryan
Democratic House
Shot to Protect Woman in Boardinghouse Fight
Special to The Watbruges from Hagerstown Maryland Oct 29 report engineer George W. Penninghoff shot R. W. Carnes during a dispute at Mi Anna Foxs boardinghouse. Carnes and William Carter fought while Mrs Fox intervened hitting Carnes. Benninghoff then fired wounding Carnes in the arm. both Carnes and Penninghoff were arrested.
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Hagerstown
George W. Penninghot
Western Maryland
R. W. Carnes
Incendiaries Fire Pitcock Home in Winchester
Special to The Waablogton from Winchester Virginia October 29 flames destroyed the Pitcock family home as they returned from a Saturday night dance. The burning building left the family with nothing including clothing and other belongings, with losses estimated in the thousands.
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Winchester
Martin Pitcock
Pitcock
Obituary notices from Virginia and surrounding counties
Virginia obituaries report Jacob Vaiden of Jamestown dying at 77 after two months illness with four children surviving. Lizzie Kineald of Allegheny County dies at 89 at home in North My, husband and no children. Willem A Ward, a wealthy Tazewell County figure, dies in Texas after moving there for health. John Rodger Williams, formerly of Westmoreland County, dies near Princeton after a long illness. he recently married Mary Willoughby Brown of Westmoreland.
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Willismaburg
Jacob Vaiden
Jamestown
Ciltion Forge
Lizzie Kineald
Allegheny County
Northx aMy
Xcelieeves
Taaewell
Mewawa
Misa Mary Willoughby Brown
Mre
George B Brown
Westmorehind
Slemp Meeting Shot Sparks Turmoil in Coeburn
Police say a shooting in Coeburn escalated tensions as Democrat Edwards allegedly struck Republican W. Edwards during a Slemp candidacy meeting. The wounded officer’s condition worsened after a Sunday preliminary hearing, with Edwards released on a $1,000 bond amid intense crowd reaction.
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Cormet
Slemp
Edwards
Flanary Edwards
Eawards
Barber cuts throat in Maryland home tragedy
Special to The Washington Post from Cumberland Maryland Charles Kraft forty four operated a barber shop in the Walah Building He cut his throat tonight with a razor before a mirror in a ball rack at his home His wife found a blood pool in the hall and later found him unconscious in the bed room He had gone to his upstairs room after cutting the carotid artery There is slight hope of recovery Domestic trouble and business troubles and long despondency are given as causes
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Washington Post
Cumberland
Charles Kraft
Walah
Sia
Dispute Over Dog Fatal Ends in Man's Death
Raleigh Cooper of Stafford County died at his mother's home in Fredericksburg after being shot by Eugene Ballard in a dispute over a dog. Cooper had been at Mary Washington Hospital before being moved home. Ballard was arrested and charged with murder, brought to Fredericksburg for trial.
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Apedal
Washington
Fredericksburg
Raleigh Cooper
Stafford
Eugene Ballard
Cooper
Mary Washington Hospital
Ballard
Attorney Arrested in Grand Larceny Case at Newport News
Samuel H. Howards, a young attorney, was brought from Smithfield to Newport News on a grand larceny charge. B. M. Roy alleges Howards collected 260 for him and failed to settle. A. E. Butcher swore out a warrant for a worthless $10 check. Edwards set $500 bond for next Tuesday. Howards had moved to Smithfield to practice, vanished two months ago, later returning to his old home.
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Washington Cour
Newport News
Samuel H. Bawards
Nera
Smithfield
B. M. Roy
Howards
A. E. Butcher
Board of Elder Men
Edwards
Williamston Police Chief Kills Man in Self Defense
W C Atkins and Iveryman, both of Williamston South Carolina, were involved in a fatal shooting when Chief Nelson of Williamston shot Atkins as he pointed a pistol at the officer while Atkins’ wife sought protection. The incident occurred in Williamston with Atkins killed instantly.
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Williamston
S. C
Washington Post
Spartanburg
98. C
W. C. Ating
Iveryman
5. C
Nelson
Atking
Atkins
Escape thwarted in Danville jail murder suspect
Special to The Washington Fest Danville Oct 28 police foiled a second escape attempt from the jail of Itterats John Green the black suspect awaiting hanging Nov 9 when two steel saws were found on a drunken white man identified as G H Galligher arrested Saturday authorities believe he used intoxication to smuggle the tools in the cell the man was caught while trying to repeat the act on the prior Friday Reg gia da 34 is serving a term for similar offenses
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Washington
Danville
John Green
Jai
G. H. Galligher
Galligher
Ahegro
Geologist Holmes resigns. Prate succeeds as chief
Holmes resigns after many years as a state geologist. Governor appoints Joseph Pratt as his successor, with Pratt formerly acting geologist. John H. Kart of Warrenton named to fill the role. Kerr, a Democratic nominee, elected for the post. Also reports forgery plea of T. Ashby Harrison in Hunting Court. one year in prison for each forged cheque.
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Raleigh
N. G
sFaseph A. Holmes
Josaph Ya Prete
Ceanor
Holmes
United Stats Service
Pratt
Walter T. Daniel
John H. Kart
Warrenton
Kerr
Richmond
T. Ashby Harrison
Huntings Court
Cocaine law clash as Alexandria court weighs sale limits
The Alexandria Corporation Court will interpret a city ordinance restricting cocaine in medicines. J A Dienelt, cited for selling a cocaine containing preparation claimed as a cure, appeals after a 75 fine. Police note unrest as machinists refuse work, a Philadelphia group staying brief in Alexandria, while gun and narcotics cases unfold along with a murder investigation.
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Abhington Post Bureau
King Strost
Alexandria
Corporation Court of
J. A. Dienelt
Magistrate Welmer Convicted Over Substituted Pelts Case
A magistrate, Justice Welmer, was convicted after proof that he accepted a $160 fee for papert certificates for chipmunk pelts substituted for proper ones. Indictments against the tickers and two boys who produced the scalps were also found, with trials set for tomorrow. Welmer testified he erred by misconstruing the laws.
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Juste Welmer
Justice Welmer
Wen Powell
Roanoke Youth Adjudged Insane After Manhunt
Ira Bryant eighteen son of Joseph Bryant of near Roanoke was ruled insane by a lunacy commission. He joined in the hunt for Hardy the murderer of Policeman Beard, and the excitement led to his mental decline. Hardy, jailed at Wytheville, shows improvement after self-inflicted wound. eye injury has been removed and recovery seems likely. He will be brought to Roanoke for trial once fit.
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Washington Post
Roanoke
Ira Bryant
Joseph Bryant
Hardy
Policeman Beard
Wytheville
Hag
Escaped inmate Johnson roams Rockville jail yard wall
Lawrence Johnson alias Frederick Wesley, jailed two weeks on horse stealing charges, escaped from Rockville jail while exercising in the yard. Authorities spread the alarm as a garbage wagon helped him scale a twenty foot wall. He was arrested in Washington days after the theft from Mrs Ava Imma of Spencerville.
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Lawreice Johnson
Frederick Wesley
Johnson
Ava &Imma
Vinlaity
Spencervile
Washington
Swindling Alleged On Baltimore Trains
Baltimore authorities arrested Robert Murphy Jr, Robert Murphy Jr, and Harry Livingston at Camden Station on alleged fixed-hand card game swindles aboard Baltimore and Ohio trains. They targeted passengers between Pittsburgh, Martinsburg and Baltimore, taking hundreds of dollars via fake Confederate notes. Benjamin Cole of Martinsville filed the complaint after being swindled out of nearly 100 dollars days earlier.
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Baltimore
Robert Murphy, Jr
Harry Livingston
Camden Station
Baltimore and Ohio
Ogline
Murphy
Young Livingston
Pittsburg
Martineburg
W. Va
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Elvingston
Marika
Benjamin Cole
Martinsville
Death of L. G. Bennington Noted Resident
The Wilmington Post notes the passing of L. G. Bennington, longtime figure in the community. Details of his career and contributions appear in tributes published this week.
Virginia Christian Churches Meet in Richmond Convention
The thirty third annual Virginia Christian churches convention began at Seventh Street Christian Church in Richmond with a record ministerial delegation. Delegations include Ministers Association, Christian Woman's Board of Missions, and Virginia Christian Missionary Board, presided by W. B. Fox, Richmond public schools superintendent.
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Woman’s Board, and Missionary Society
Washington
Richmond
Virginia Christian Churches
Seventh Street
Ministers’ Association
Fia
Wit
Two Farmers Injured in Pittayivanta County Fight
A party near Danville resulted in a fist fight between two young Pittayivanta County farmers and Dick Haymore. Haymore allegedly stabbed them as they overpowered him. Forty four stitches were needed to close the wounds.
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Danville
Pittayivanta
Yealde
Dick Haymore
Gore
Fatar
Gir
Haymore
World Wanderer Impersonator Arrested in Postal Fraud Case
Emanuel Carmanati, aMaganine steamship Hi Siglio steward, was seized on arrival from Galveston and New Orleans for allegedly posing as A de Silvia to cash $40 in two postal money orders at Norfolk Virginia in December 1902. The case links a three year worldwide search and a Norfolk conspiracy claim by a woman and others. Carmanati’s counsel denied guilt, citing jurisdictional entanglements before a U S commissioner.
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Emanuel Carmanati
Hi Siglio
Galveston
New Orleans
Norfolk
Accuadd
United States
Hannibal
Carmanatl
Carmanati
Virginia
Carmenati
J. J. Simmons
Brooklyn
A. de Silvia
Simmons
de Silvia
Joyce's Statement on Houdini Box Collusion Sparks Backlash
Prof Maurice Joyce's claim of collusion between box makers and Houdini draws strong denials from 8 Kann Bons & Co Lake & Co Saks Co and George P Kilian Co. They swear no secret panels or folds were used and Houdini entered the box handcuffed and chained. Hurley offers 700 to prove the same feat with the hospital box.
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Columbia Theater
Houdini
Joyce
Shipping Department
Kann, Sons & Co
George P. Kilian
George P. Kitchan Company
John T. Hurley
Chase’s Theater
Hurley
Permit Granted for Ten Story Office Building by Hibbs Co
W B Hibbs & Co received a permit for a ten story office building on the east side of Fifteenth Street between New York Avenue and H Street. Estimated construction cost is 208,060 dollars with plans by Bruce Price & de Sibour in French Renaissance style. The white marble façade and steel frame will support 100 offices and banking rooms occupying the lower floors, with the top floor reserved for officers.
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W. B. Hibbs & Co
Fifteenth Street
New York Avenue
H Street
Bruce, Price & de Sibour
Hibbs & Co
Absolute Divorce Granted in Baltimore Case
Beatrice Onis Cole receives an absolute divorce from J B Cole after alleging years of cruelty beginning after their 1901 marriage at Hyattville. She testified he struck her with a knife, choked and beat her, and once threw a lit lamp across the room, injuring both spouses and prompting living with Cole’s mother in Washington before returning to Baltimore.
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Beatrice Onis Wen
Niles
Cole
Haldimore
Hera Cole
Alle
Ticket Loss Reported by Vanderbilt Cup Member Newton Lindée
Miss Newton Lindée, a Vanderbilt Cup company member, reported at police headquarters yesterday the loss of a railroad ticket to Richmond, Virginia stolen from her in the Pennsylvania Pepok. Police seek fast transportation and to locate the ticket.
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Actraes
Newton Lindée
Vanderbilt Cup Company
Yeaterday
Hichmond
Pennsylvania
Rev T B Ray Resigns Pastorate in Nashville
Rev T B Ray, pastor of Immanuel Baptist Church in Nashville, resigns to become educational secretary for the boards of foreign missions of the Southern Baptist Convention with headquarters in Richmond Virginia.
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Nashville
Tenn
Immanuel Baptist Church
Educat
Board of Foreign Missions
Southern Baptist Convent
Richmond
State Department in Dare Over Ambassador Thompson Case
Attorney firm Warner Johnson Galston and Wilson appeared at the State Department in relation to charges against Ambassador Thompson over alleged improper protection of J E Starr Hunt, arrested in Mexico for fraud. The firm represents the International Bank and Trust liquidating committee pursuing Hunt in Mexico. StateDepartment said no official information and no action without tangible evidence. Eugene Seeger, former Rio consul general, returned to Washington to renew his attack on Thompson while Thompson was in Brazil.
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New York
Warner, Johnson, Galston & Wilson
Ambassador Thompson
J E. Starr Hunt
Mexico
International Bank and Trust Company
Hunt
Warner
State Department
Obesity care under ban fraud order issued against J A Knox
The Post-office Department issued a fraud order denying J A Knox and the Society of Associated Physicians the use of mail for distributing a fat reducing preparation. Circulators claimed an African plant cured obesity. tests showed no medicinal value. Knox alleged connections to others and a Staten Island plant, but investigations found these statements untrue.
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J. A. Knox
A. Enox
Society of Associated Physicians
West Thirty Second Street
New York
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the Agricultural Department
Knox
C. H. Barbour
Fraf. HR. T. Trans
Z. Z. Beker
Staten Island
Jared A. Timpaon
Untust Rates Charged Across Rail Lines
Two complaints filed with the Interstate Commerce Commission by the Commercial and Industrial Association of Union Springs claim unjust freight rates from St. Louis Nashville and Memphis to Union Springs by Louisville and Nashville Southern Dunoia Central and others and seek abatement of discrimination. A second complaint targets Central of Georgia Railway seeking just rates for uncompressed cotton to Union Springs and for compressed cotton shipments from Union Springs to destination.
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Union Springs
Alshe
Louisville and Nashville Railroad Company
Southern Railway
Dunoia Central
St. Louis
Nashville
Memphis
Central of Georgia Railway Company
Yosemite Park Protection Measures Proposed by Interior Dept
Interior Department releases annual report of the Yosemite National Park superintendent proposing land condemnation purchase and a permanent military post in the valley to curb poaching. It also urges enacted penalties for park violations and clearer prohibitions to safeguard game. Death Friday claims Frenkel teen Alice Frankel age 17 at 889 Street NW. typhoid foul her sister also ill.
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Yosemita National Park
Interior Department
Paka
Paris
Altercation Ends With Gash at Fenton Place Fight
In an incident at Fenton place northwest Richard Bates and Edward Jenkins, both colored, clashed resulting in Jenkins receiving a bad gash through the upper lip that penetrated the gum. He was taken to the Homeopathic Hospital. Bates turned himself in but was later found and treated by Sergeant Lord and Officers Harbin and Robey.
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Richard Bates
Edward Jenkins
Fenton Place
Bates
Sergi Lord
Harbin
Robey
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